Views from the Beltline

Last month one of Alberta’s conservative icons passed away. Ted Byfield was 93. Byfield, a propagandist for social conservative causes and a promoter of conservative…

Santa was good to the U.S. armed forces. On December 27th President Biden signed a defence bill for nearly $770-billion. This was $24-billion more than…

Way back in 2015, flush with election victory, newly minted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced "Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its…

As a passionate believer in democracy, I feel compelled to comment on the recent democracy summit called to order by President Biden. Cynicism about the…

A recent survey, conducted by Maru Public Opinion and Janet Brown Opinion Research, took a reading of Canadians' views of Alberta. The poll measured the reaction…

If there is one thing workers in today’s precariat job market need to achieve both democracy in their workplace and a shot at a middle…

At a time when rabid anti-vaxxers make noise beyond their numbers and conspiracy theorists roam the Web, this may appear to be a low point…

Two recent criminal trials in the U.S. caught international attention. I refer to the Kyle Rittenhouse case in Wisconsin and the Ahmaud Arbery case in…

David Suzuki recently made some rash comments about oil pipelines, specifically “There are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don't pay attention…

It’s called schadenfreude, the satisfaction you get from someone else’s misfortune. Some Albertans may be feeling it this week after the referendum in Maine that…

I first took particular notice of federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland when I read her book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and…

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center revealed striking differences in Americans’ and Canadians’ attitudes toward their political, economic and health systems. The Pew…